The Birmingham Roman Catholic Diocesan Educational Trust
Charity 234216
Overview
Summary
The current evidence base contains only the organisation’s name: The Birmingham Roman Catholic Diocesan Educational Trust. This suggests a possible connection to Catholic education within or associated with the Birmingham diocese, but the name alone cannot reliably establish its legal purpose, geographic reach, operating model, beneficiaries, relationships or current activities. The Civic Atlas should therefore treat this organisation as insufficiently understood rather than infer a role from its title.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Kingstanding
Confidence: medium
Direct evidence places several Catholic schools in Kingstanding, while the Birmingham Diocesan Education Service states that its advisers work with all schools in the diocese. It is a reasonable interpretation that the linked educational trust's diocesan education activity therefore reaches these schools, but the available sources do not separately identify which services, assets or contractual responsibilities belong to the linked charity rather than the parent Birmingham Diocesan Trust.
- Birmingham Diocesan Education Service — Catholic Education (official website) ([birminghamdiocese.org.uk](https://www.birminghamdiocese.org.uk/Listing/Site/bdes/Category/catholic-education?utm_source=openai))
The service says its Catholic Education Advisers work with all schools within the diocese, providing advice, guidance and training. - Birmingham Diocesan Education Service — Voluntary Aided Schools (official website) ([birminghamdiocese.org.uk](https://www.birminghamdiocese.org.uk/voluntary-aided-schools?utm_source=openai))
The current diocesan school list includes Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School and Christ the King Catholic Primary School in Kingstanding. - Birmingham Diocesan Education Service — St John Paul II Multi-Academy (official website) ([birminghamdiocese.org.uk](https://www.birminghamdiocese.org.uk/st-john-paul-ii-multi-academy?utm_source=openai))
The diocesan school-family page lists Maryvale Catholic Primary School on Old Oscott Hill, Kingstanding.
Erdington
Confidence: medium
The official diocesan school-family page identifies multiple schools in Erdington, and the Education Service describes support delivered across diocesan schools. The conclusion concerns operational reach through education support and diocesan oversight, not demonstrated direct management of each school.
- Birmingham Diocesan Education Service — Catholic Education (official website) ([birminghamdiocese.org.uk](https://www.birminghamdiocese.org.uk/Listing/Site/bdes/Category/catholic-education?utm_source=openai))
The service states that its advisers work with all schools within the diocese. - Birmingham Diocesan Education Service — St John Paul II Multi-Academy (official website) ([birminghamdiocese.org.uk](https://www.birminghamdiocese.org.uk/st-john-paul-ii-multi-academy?utm_source=openai))
The page lists Abbey Catholic Primary School and SS Mary and John Catholic Primary School in Erdington, as well as St Edmund Campion Catholic School and Sixth Form on Sutton Road, Birmingham.
Ladywood
Confidence: medium
A diocesan school-family page directly identifies a Catholic primary school in Ladywood. Combined with the Education Service's stated work across diocesan schools, this supports a service and governance reach into the ward, although it does not prove that the linked educational trust directly operates the school site.
- Birmingham Diocesan Education Service — Catholic Education (official website) ([birminghamdiocese.org.uk](https://www.birminghamdiocese.org.uk/Listing/Site/bdes/Category/catholic-education?utm_source=openai))
The service describes advice, guidance, training and Catholic-life support for all schools within the diocese. - Birmingham Diocesan Education Service — St John Paul II Multi-Academy (official website) ([birminghamdiocese.org.uk](https://www.birminghamdiocese.org.uk/st-john-paul-ii-multi-academy?utm_source=openai))
The page lists Oratory Catholic Primary School, Oliver Road, Ladywood, Birmingham.
Sparkhill
Confidence: medium
The official diocesan list directly identifies a Catholic primary school in Sparkhill. The operational connection is supported by the Education Service's diocesan-wide school support role, but individual delivery activity at this school is not itemised.
- Birmingham Diocesan Education Service — Catholic Education (official website) ([birminghamdiocese.org.uk](https://www.birminghamdiocese.org.uk/Listing/Site/bdes/Category/catholic-education?utm_source=openai))
The service says its advisers work with all schools within the diocese on Catholic life, mission, religious education, prayer and liturgy. - Birmingham Diocesan Education Service — Voluntary Aided Schools (official website) ([birminghamdiocese.org.uk](https://www.birminghamdiocese.org.uk/voluntary-aided-schools?utm_source=openai))
The list includes English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, Evelyn Road, Sparkhill, Birmingham.
Sheldon
Confidence: medium
The official diocesan multi-academy page identifies a Catholic primary school in Sheldon, and the Education Service sets out a continuing support role for schools across the diocese. This is evidence of reach through a significant school-network relationship rather than proof of direct operation of the premises.
- Birmingham Diocesan Education Service — What We Offer (official website) ([birminghamdiocese.org.uk](https://www.birminghamdiocese.org.uk/what-we-offer-bdes?utm_source=openai))
The service offers schools support covering Catholic life, governance, admissions, inspection, buildings, premises and land management. - Birmingham Diocesan Education Service — Lumen Christi Catholic Multi-Academy (official website) ([birminghamdiocese.org.uk](https://www.birminghamdiocese.org.uk/lumen-christi-catholic-multi-academy?utm_source=openai))
The page lists St Thomas More Catholic Primary School, Horse Shoes Lane, Sheldon, Birmingham.
Remaining uncertainties
- The named organisation is a linked charity of Birmingham Diocesan Trust. Public sources establish its educational object, but do not clearly separate its own current activities, property holdings, staffing or expenditure from those of the parent trust and its Birmingham Diocesan Education Service.
- The evidence supports an education-service and diocesan-governance reach through Catholic schools, including schools within multi-academy companies. It does not establish that the linked educational trust directly manages, employs staff at, or owns every listed school.
- No Birmingham operating base specifically attributable to the linked educational trust was identified. The Education Service gives its contact address as Don Bosco House, Coleshill, B46 3EA, outside Birmingham; Cathedral House in Birmingham is identified as the parent trust's principal office rather than a confirmed site of the linked educational trust.
- The selected wards are well-evidenced examples rather than a complete Birmingham school footprint. The official school lists show a materially wider distribution across Birmingham.
- The regional classification is high-level: the linked charity's formal area of benefit is the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham, while the parent trust describes its activity as covering central England, principally the West Midlands, Staffordshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire and Oxfordshire.
Additional evidence needed
- A current annual report, asset register or trustees' schedule specifically for the linked educational trust, identifying schools or land held in its trusteeship.
- A current diocesan map or definitive school register showing which Birmingham schools are directly held in diocesan trusteeship, supported under formal service arrangements, or simply within the wider diocesan network.
- Service agreements or governance documentation between the linked educational trust, Birmingham Diocesan Education Service and Birmingham multi-academy companies, to distinguish direct delivery from advisory, regulatory and partnership roles.
- Confirmation of any Birmingham premises used routinely by the educational trust or its staff.
Areas of work
Who they help
How they help
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
- The organisation’s charitable or legal objects, governance structure and current status are unknown.
- It is unclear whether it directly runs educational settings, provides grants or services, holds assets, or supports other bodies.
- Its relationship to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham, schools, academies, parishes and local communities is not evidenced.
- No evidence identifies the communities, age groups or geographic areas it serves.
- There is no evidence of partnerships, funding flows, recent change, strategic priorities or outcomes.
Remaining uncertainties
- Official registration and regulatory records, including charitable objects, trustees, accounts and filing history.
- The organisation’s website, annual reports, governing documents and published strategy.
- Evidence of schools, academies, diocesan bodies, community organisations or funders linked to its work.
- Information on current programmes, grants, beneficiaries, geographic coverage and measured outcomes.